From 1987-1989 he worked as a project engineer in a medium-sized engineering company. Then he worked on research projects at the IWF, TU Berlin, and consulting projects at Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK). In the period 2002-2005 Prof. Jochem performed optimization projects in the area of product creation processes at Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. From 2005-2010 he hold the chair on Quality Management at University of Kassel, Germany. Since 2009 he is Extraordinary Professor for Quality Management at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.His research and consulting focuses are model-based process-oriented quality, standardized quality processes, quality management, quality excellence, organizational design of quality departments, innovation and requirements management.Prof. Jochem is author of seven books; Author of more than 50 Articles published in Journals, Conference Proceedings or Edited Books.Field expertise:

Dr. Vi Hong Nguyen, a lecturer in Sustainable Product Development, Department of the Global Production Engineering Management (GPEM), Faculty of Engineering. Dr. Vi got a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering (2017), Old Dominion University, USA. She has several years of working in industry and her research interests include the fields of sustainable development, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, advanced manufacturing technology, and production planning. Field expertise: